Robinson Cruseo and Kingdom

             Robinson Crusoe sense of self begins to change while stranded on this deserted island in which he has gone from a castaway to a king. He begins to bring reason and religion onto the island by a means of trying to save his own identity. Crusoe spends most of his time glorifying his sense of control and power over the savages that he rescues which demonstrates just how his motivations and sense of agency have been altered during his life on island. He sees himself as a king and others as his subjects, including his pets in this imaginary kingdom. Crusoe the creator of his own world and the tranquility of it all, for he is a GOD to all his people and they worship him. As the absolute ruler of the island, Crusoe religious discovery have been the value system into turning these savages and cannibals into good people that are fit for society. The Spaniard one of the prisoners saved by Crusoe, it is interesting to note that he is treated with much more respect in Crusoe's mind than any of the colored peoples with whom he is in contact. Friday's devotion to Crusoe is a living justification of the slavery relationship between the two men in which he sees Crusoe above everyone in the world. His eagerness to change into the European image is suppose to convey that this image is indeed the right one. .
             Crusoe's absolute authority over the men suggests a mental construction of divinity in which religion is more or less a means of achieving a powerful attitude. Crusoe acts like a leader therefore the men will treat him like one. The passage reads: My Island was now peopled, and I thought my self very rich in Subjects; and it was a merry Reflection which I frequently made, How like a King I look'd. First of all, the whole Country was my own meer Property; so that I had an undoubted Right of Dominion. 2dly, My People were perfectly subjected: I was absolute Lord and Law-giver; they all owed their Lives to me, and were ready to lay down their Lives, if there had been Occasion of it, for me.